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This historical study of mental healthcare workers’ efforts to educate the public challenges the supposition that public prejudice generates the stigma of men
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
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Pages: 171
Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-03 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders
The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?
Language: en
Pages: 648
Authors: Wolfgang Gaebel
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-10 - Publisher: Springer

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This book makes a highly innovative contribution to overcoming the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness – still the heaviest burden both f
Postpsychiatry
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Patrick J. Bracken
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-12-22 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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For most of us the words madness and psychosis conjure up fear and images of violence. Using short stories, the authors consider complex philosphical issues fro
Stigma and Mental Illness
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Paul Jay Fink
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub

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This book is a collection of writings on how society has stigmatized mentally ill persons, their families, and their caregivers. First-hand accounts poignantly